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To the Editor:— I read with interest the article Suicide Attempt with Warfarin, a Bishydroxycoumarin-Like Rodenticide, which appeared in the March 15, 1952, issue ofThe Journal. The authors were Lt. Roy W. Holmes and Capt. Julian Lowe. I would like to report a somewhat similar experience that I had in February, 1952, as follows. I was called to the residence of J. L. H., a young white man. The story was that he had become despondent, because his young bride of a few weeks had left him, and he went to a drugstore and asked for rat poison. He was sold a package of warfarat, made by Dr. Hess & Clark, Inc., Ashland, Ohio. The label on the package indicated that it contained bishydroxycoumarin (dicumarol®) and gave instructions as to the antidote. The patient stated that he took a heaping tablespoonful in a glass of water about one hour
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